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Member	Item		Review/Comment
George Slv 25th Oct 2015		Vinyl Album Various Artists - London Hit Parade	Fascinating Facts: Charmaine and Marie appear next to each other here. The Harmonicats had singles of Charmaine and Marie. The Bachelors had hits of Charmaine and Marie in that order. Mantovani and Bachelors also both recorded Diane.
George Slv 24th Oct 2015		Vinyl Album Various Artists - London Hit Parade	I speculate this Third Man was motivated by the TV series and recorded after that somewhere, then compiled here. Here's the sample of this one.
George Slv 24th Oct 2015		TV Clay Cole Sunday Show (1964 - 1968)	From the defunct website of Clay Cole, this text about when the Sunday show started - ~November 1964. "The Clay Cole Sunday Show November 4, 1964 The Clay Cole Show celebrated a first anniversary on Channel 11 by becoming their hottest property, their number one show. Rather than offer me a new contract, more money or a bonus, I was given a second hour show with additional duties. So the Clay Cole Sunday Show was created with a cast of fresh, young singers Tracey Dey, Angela Martin, Benny Thomas, Brian McCuen and the Del Satins."
George Slv 23rd Oct 2015		DVD The Shadow Of The Cat - Final Cut Entertainment	When BHP closed a couple years later the title passed to Hammer Films.
George Slv 21st Oct 2015		Vinyl Album The Wailers [Tacoma] - The Wailer's Wail	Is this LP on thin vinyl or full weight? I'm trying to differentiate the 1980s European bootleg. Who has details?
George Slv 19th Oct 2015		Cinema Cleopatra	Review I'd say the problem with this movie was that it was written for the Shakespearean crowd. Wow, what a bunch of long serious dialog drama. The film turned out 6 hours, and they cut it down to four. That created holes in the screenplay. Then there was the hole created when America cut out the scene of Cleo in the lounge room because her fabric was too filmy. That's where Burton goes in and discusses the attack on Alexandria and the burning of the library with her. Audiences missed that entire point. A 40 million cost. They put a brave face on it, saying that Liz's attraction made it profitable. Was that a false claim? It made $16 million box office (not sure if that's US or worldwide). Has it made it up since then? But Elizabeth Taylor's career and the fabric of western society would not be complete if she hadn't made this film. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 18th Oct 2015		CD Album Marcie Blane / Tracey Dey - Marcie Blane Together With Tracey Dey	I've seen issue dates of 2009 and 2013 online, so it may have been reissued. It is considered unauthorized. Quality is fine. Missing was a little sub-label that Marginal of Belgium had for about 10 issues. And here are the Europeans again misusing the term "remastered". These were copied from vinyl.
George Slv 18th Oct 2015		TV The Clay Cole Show (1959 - 1968)	Rare footage with someone probably named Dallas Houston. [YouTube Video] YT from Rocketryman. Go read the comments there. Apparently this was a Saturday night show.
George Slv 18th Oct 2015		TV Clay Cole Sunday Show (1964 - 1968)	That's right Harley. There just one piece of footage on Youtube involving a singer named Dallas. Check whether that's the weekday show.
George Slv 16th Oct 2015		Cinema Heidi	This English version is now available at the Internet Archive.
George Slv 15th Oct 2015		DVD Heidi [1952] - Praesens-Film AG	If anyone can find how to get this in Canada let me know.
George Slv 13th Oct 2015		78 RPM Mario Lanza - Ave Maria / Because	I notice that the soundtrack album of the day omitted Ave Maria and some others, and only had 8 songs. Ave Maria was only issued on the single, rerecorded by RCA, not the movie version. Everyone should realize that there are two compositions of Ave Maria. This one is by Gounod. The other, by Schubert, Lanza also recorded, in Serenade. Did Gounod only arrange this from the Bach melody, or did he compose the vocal melody? Current digital collections bring all the songs back together, digitized from old records. (Not "REMASTERED" for Pete's sake)
George Slv 13th Oct 2015		78 RPM Mario Lanza - Ave Maria / Because	What's the length of Ave Maria here? The 45 was ~2:36. There's a recording around that's over 4 min with instrumental in the first half. This is not lifted from the movie soundtrack. Was there a different soundtrack album recorded as well?
George Slv 10th Oct 2015		Vinyl Album Jack Scott - Way To Survive	I'd like to hear it sometime, without buying first. Now I wonder if it was made from digital or analog? Jack Scott performed in Winnipeg a few years ago at a rock reunion organized by Superoldies radio, and hung out with Burton Cummings. (I wasn't there)
George Slv 9th Oct 2015		Cinema Man Bait (The Last Page ) (1952)	Produced by Hammer Films in England for the American producers. That eyeful Diana Dors was here first "introduced" to US audiences.
George Slv 8th Oct 2015		Vinyl Album Jack Scott - Way To Survive	Interesting. And I'll bet it's not even Oct.9 in Finland yet.
George Slv 8th Oct 2015		Vinyl Album The Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Sing Christmas Carols	Are these samples of The Holy City the right versions from this LP? First my own tape recording, don't recall which LP. It's amazing to hear the difference between my analog source and the existing digital on Youtube. [YouTube Video] YT from finetunes Christmas, CD source.
George Slv 7th Oct 2015		Cinema Where Eagles Dare (1968)	Written by Alistair MacLean. Ingrid Pitt in an early role as Heidi - that's the busty wench in a maid uniform. Catching the attention of James Carreras of Hammer. Burton explaining the plot in the movie: 'it may seem complicated, but to the English mind very easy'. Is that true? But MacLean was Scottish. Excellent.
George Slv 6th Oct 2015		Vinyl Album Teresa Brewer - For Teenagers In Love	Note now that the covers have been reversed top and bottom. Text below refers to the opposite arrangement. In other words Teresa sitting was the 1957 cover used.
George Slv 5th Oct 2015		Vinyl Album Joan Baez - The Best Of Joan Baez	This must have been from before her start at Vanguard in 1960. Issued in 1963 in N.America.
George Slv 4th Oct 2015		Cinema Heidi	Here is the Youtube film in Swiss German, from Kanal Deutscher Sprache. And the film in French, from Françoise Dorléac. There was an international version DVD from the Swiss Praesens company including English. I haven't found a way to get it so far. Let me know if there's a way to get it in Canada.
George Slv 2nd Oct 2015		Cinema The Uninvited	This is where I learned how useless Ray Milland was as an actor. A role where he's dealing with suspense and ghosts in a house, all he can do is reel off his lines glibly just to get them over with. He wrecked the movie. Later he "said he was a screen star for years before he understood enough about acting".
George Slv 30th Sep 2015		Cinema Jack The Ripper (1959)	Oh yeah. Well the movie frame says 1888. Jacques le Rippeure.
George Slv 30th Sep 2015		Cinema Mogambo (1953)	Another Hollywood BUST. Made to look like an African adventure, it turns out mostly soap opera with Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly. Some staged or stock scenes with wild beasts and wild natives. What was Hollywood doing?
George Slv 30th Sep 2015		Cinema The Naked Jungle (1954)	What a mixed bag this film was. Great promise as a jungle adventure, but greatly diluted by the inclusion of the soap opera subplot with Eleanor Parker. They had to fill the time I guess, and maybe appeal to females. By the time it gets to the army ants it's exciting, especially for a young kid.
George Slv 30th Sep 2015		Cinema Soldier Of Fortune	A movie that promised much from the title and theme, but turned into somewhat of a flop adventure-wise. Inspired by the TV series of the day titled Soldiers Of Fortune.
George Slv 30th Sep 2015		Cinema Heidi	The entire movie was at Youtube. In the few minutes that I was entering this, the user actually removed it. Anyway great scenery, music, actors.
George Slv 28th Sep 2015		Cinema Jack The Ripper (1959)	Review A fictional account based on the true story of the London Jack The Ripper of 1888, who brutally killed several prostitutes in the Whitechapel district. Story written by Peter Hammond and Colin Craig. A well-done film in black and white, the writing, acting and photography are all good, creating an atmospheric foggy London mystery. No one knows for sure who the real Ripper was, but this story identifies him in the end, fictionally. He gets his just deserts, and the US release even added red color to one shot that showed his blood. Lee Patterson as Sam Lowry is the American detective who helps on the case. Eddie Byrne as Inspector O'Neill is in charge from Scotland Yard. This actor is apparently Jewish, has a rough and unserious manner, and does not add positively to the atmosphere of the film. Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman produced a series of good films at the time including Blood Of The Vampire and The Flesh And The Fiends. Then they moved on to television series production such as The Saint with Roger Moore. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 28th Sep 2015		Cinema Jack The Ripper (1959)	The story of the US release was thus: US distributor Joseph E. Levine played the grand showman. He knew he had a hit on his hands. He was going to promote the release to high heaven. A $2 million promotional budget, he appeared on TV with a wheelbarrow depicting $2 million in bills. There were TV ads everywhere and the movie attracted great interest. Of course this presumes the popularity would compensate for his costs. But then Levine cheated. Instead of standard ticket prices, he made the price $2, and regardless of age. Tickets for young people then used to be maybe 35c. That audience now generally couldn't afford to go. Altho popular and liked, the release became a financial flop. It did not earn a profit in a single theater. The US release is not reissued in any commercial form. It may not have been formally copyrighted and may be public domain.
George Slv 28th Sep 2015		Cinema Jack The Ripper (1959)	The US distributor created a different soundtrack score, by Jimmy McHugh and Pete Rugolo instead of using the UK score of Stanley Black. The UK aspect ratio was 1.66 widescreen.

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